First Walk Riddim (2016) – New Day Music Group

First Walk Riddim lands as a lean 2016 dancehall set from New Day Music Group, the kind of release that leans on rhythm and timing more than star power. The six-track run gathers Bryka, Vybrant, Laden, Phort Knox x Renegad, Versatile, and Junior X, with Laden’s “Things” and Versatile’s “Mama Obsession” doing the heaviest lifting in the set. New Day later revisited the riddim in acoustic form, which points to a pattern sturdy enough to survive a stripped-back treatment, but here the original cut keeps things direct. The production sits in that mid-tempo, voice-forward lane, with a steady kick-snare pull and a bassline that stays clipped rather than deep, leaving room for the singers to ride the groove cleanly.